Koki on 21/8/2010 at 07:03
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Basically, all black elements of the interface are transparent instead. I suspect it's something to do with one of 8 series' core features - that is fucking up anything ddraw related. Sadly, only fix I know involves turning off ddraw, but that also turns off d3d, which means you can't run SS2 at all.
Albert on 21/8/2010 at 07:15
Could you tell us what your system specs are? That would really help.
Koki on 21/8/2010 at 16:00
Oh right. I guess I don't really expect anyone to have a solution. It's actually not a big deal, if you try really hard you can pretend it's a next-gen feature.
C2D 6600, 8800GTS, XP SP3, dx9.0c, installed newest drivers yesterday, running only SHTUP and ddfix.
Albert on 21/8/2010 at 18:19
Have you tried downgrading your version of Catalyst? That's unfortunately, the only advice I can give you, as I haven't found my copy of SS2 to install, yet. It isn't exactly lost, I've just misplaced it.
However, I have an HD 4200, which I'm betting is far different from the 8800gtx. Still, if I were to get the same problem as you, it would mean a fault of the drivers.
jermi on 30/8/2010 at 17:37
Am I just too simple or is this what you're looking for?
ddfix.ini:
Code:
;Changes the way direct writes to the frontbuffer are handled
;SS2 players should set these options to '2' and '0xf81f' respectively
;Thief 2 players with corrupted in game text should use '2' and '0x0000'
;Players who experience slowdown with UseSysMemOverlay=2 should set both options to 0
UseSysMemOverlay=2
OverlayColourKey=0xf81f
I agree though, the transparent interface doesn't look bad at all.
